Check out all the state and federal legislation related to cycling, trails, and public lands. 2025 marks our 4th season of tracking and influencing state and federal legislation and our 2nd year of sponsoring state legislation. Our 2025 Legislative Agenda is live. Click on the button below to learn more and get involved. We’re hitting the ground running this year, […]
Our Federal partners, including the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service, are under attack. Please use your voice to help us restore and protect natural resources staffing on public lands in California. Pictured Above: Robert Chavez, Trabuco Ranger District Division Chief with Robert Anderson, from left, William Hurst, and Garrett Warden, outside the Silverado Fire […]
Use your voice to protect funding for parks, trails, and wildfire mitigation! CAMTB has significant concerns regarding how Proposition 4: Climate Bond (Prop 4) funds, approved by voters in November, are being utilized in the Governor’s 2025-26 Proposed Budget. The potential negative impact on access to recreation, trails, and public lands cannot be overlooked. Currently, $273 million of funding from previous years’ budgets for climate […]
From the diggers to the donors to the diplomats, it takes a village of CAMTB Trail Champions to make more and better bike-friendly trails in California a reality. We welcome all of those who share in our vision for preserving and protecting the wild places we love to ride and trails that take us to, through, and from them. Trail […]
Today, the U.S. Senate voted unanimously to pass the Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act. It now heads to the desk of President Joe Biden to sign into law. The bipartisan legislation includes much-needed provisions to expand equitable and inclusive access to the outdoors for veterans, youth, families, and communities across the country. The House passed a version of […]
About Teen Ambassadorship CAMTB’s Teen Ambassador Program is rooted in NICA’s Teen Trail Corps’ SPEAK, SERVE, RIDE, and RESPECT principles and the SoCal League’s WRMB Challenge Values, both of which focus on the non-racing aspects of cycling. The program aims to educate student-athletes about the world of cycling advocacy and inspire a culture of service and personal action. Ambassadors will work alongside our advocacy team, […]
The California Mountain Biking Coalition (CAMTB) recently attended the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force meeting in South Lake Tahoe to highlight the growing intersection between recreation and wildfire management. Nearly 500 people gathered in South Lake Tahoe (and over 300 joined online) for the Wildfire & Forest Resilience Task Force’s Sierra Nevada regional meeting, hosted by the California Tahoe […]
The California Mountain Biking Coalition is keen to share our 2024 California November General Election voter guide and election endorsements. We support these candidates for their stance on and commitment to outdoor recreation and environmental stewardship in California. We are also endorsing regional measures and statewide propositions that align with our advocacy pillars. To learn more about our criteria for […]
A first for CAMTB. A first for California CAMTB was created to be a driving political force in legislation and elections. Lawmakers are critical to advancing legislation that supports cycling, trails, and public lands legislation, and we intend to get pro-recreation candidates elected and then keep them in office. To that end we’ve developed our first-ever Candidate Questionnaire and Recreation […]
Senate Bill 620: Low Impact Camping (SB-620), sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore, Mike McGuire, and Assm. Damon Connolly aims to expand responsible camping opportunities in California, while also creating a new funding stream for non-motorized trails. Note: Assm Connolly also sponsored another piece of bike and trail-friendly legislation this season, ACR-152: California Mountain Biking Month, which he co-authored with […]